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TAP offer New York return for 588 Euros
New York is now 588 Euros (inclusive of all charges) away in the TAP special offer campaign valid on return flights from Lisbon and Porto taken between January 15 and March 31. TAP operates seven direct flights a week to New York from Lisbon and two a week from Porto.
TAP opens new lounge at Lisbon Airport
On December 22nd, the TAP Premium Lounge at Lisbon Airport was opened, a new ample space of 500m2 that offers passengers the most up-to-date and comfortable rest, leisure, entertainment, multimedia and Business Center area as well as providing free wireless internet access.
TAP offers group of children their ‘flight baptism’
Marking the Christmas period, TAP offered 18 children from Gaia supported by the Gaia Social Institution, the opportunity to fly by plane for the first time.
TAP flies to Warsaw, Moscow & Helsinki
TAP is to fly from Lisbon to Warsaw, Moscow and Helsinki from June of next year with a basic five flights a week to each of the new destinations. TAP will be increasing flights to one a day to the capital of Poland during the peak season from July 22 to September 6.
TAP & Dom Pedro Hotels establish partnership deal
TAP and Dom Pedro Hotels have signed a partnership that allows the 800 thousand members of the TAP Victoria Program to earn miles for each stay at any hotel in the Dom Pedro Hotel Group in Lisbon, Madeira and along the Algarve coast.
TAP punctuality above European average
TAP punctuality registered in October was above the EAA (European Airline Association) with 84 percent of company flights departing at their scheduled times while according to the latest data released for August average EAA punctuality was around 80 percent.
Europe for 59 Euros
TAP has launched a major 59 Euro ticket campaign valid on all destinations in Europe, offering an even more attractive price than the one offered in the campaign held in September. This special offer, valid on departures from Lisbon and Porto includes the 35 destinations in Europe to which TAP runs direct flights as well as flights between Lisbon and Porto and Madeira.
Tap offers over 100 extra flights to Madeira and the Azores
TAP is to increase its flights to Madeira and the Azores during the Christmas and New Year period offering its passengers 103 extra flights in total between December 14, 2008 and January 6, 2009.
Fuels drag TAP into the “Red”
TAP’s 18 percent increase in revenue between January and August was insufficient to compensate for the brutal rise on fuel costs with the result that the airline registered losses of 133 million euros at the close of the first eight months of 2008.
TAP offers greater online buying flexibility
TAP has improved use of the potential of QPX software from ITA Software, Inc, the leading American company supplying innovative IT solutions to the aviation industry. Investing in differentiation through quality and price, in June TAP launched five new products that can be purchased on its website using the advantages of QPX in online commercialization.
TAP increases flights to Oslo
TAP is increasing its flights to Oslo by launching an extra two flights a week between Lisbon and the Norwegian capital, a leg that already currently runs one flight a day. These two new flights will start up in the beginning of January 2009 and will run on Fridays and Saturdays departing Lisbon at 11:25pm and arriving in Oslo at 4:25am (Flight TP508). Flights leave the Norwegian capital on Saturdays and Sundays at 5:10am and land in Lisbon at 8:20am (Flight TP509).
Casablanca joins TAP network
From October 27, TAP begins flights to Morocco. Flights will run on daily basis between Lisbon and Casablanca except on Sundays in a total of six flights a week. Demand for this new destination has already come to confirm the uptake of passengers of this investment by the Company in one of the largest and most important cities in Morocco.
TAP offers all Europe for 64 Euros
On the 11th September, TAP announced the largest low-cost travel sale offer ever held in Portugal, putting 300 thousand tickets at 64 Euros on the market valid on flights to any destination in Europe that the Company runs direct flights to. With this special offer TAP is offering a total of 35 destinations in Europe with direct flights from Lisbon and 13 destinations from Porto.
TAP increases dedicated check-in desks
With a view to constantly increasing the service it provides its passengers with, TAP is now offering tap-plus and Victoria Silver card holders new check-in desks with differential customer care alongside the tap-executive check-in desks. These desks are located in Premium Space, an exclusive area created by TAP in June to offer support to tap-executive passengers, Victoria Gold and tap-corporate cardholders.
Special fare marks extra flights to Sao Tome
From October 26 TAP is increasing flights to some destinations. The company is responding to increased demand in a flexible way to existing opportunities for expansion and in this case doubling its flights to Sao Tome in comparison with the winter period of last year.